After reporting on the tax matters, Li Yi reported back on the war situation.
"Your Majesty, half a month after you entered Bianjing, the Expeditionary Army Headquarters, which received new recruits, immediately launched a counterattack against the Central Army.
In addition to leaving 20,000 troops to disperse and defend the inherent territory, the 200,000 expeditionary troops were divided into two groups. They attacked head-on and outflanked. Finally, in mid-September, they completed the Central Army's attack on Nanli. The 300,000 people in the county were poisoned by the Central Army's encirclement and suppression!
In the end, only two princes, Shendu, escaped with more than 3,000 remaining garrison troops, and the rest were wiped out by our troops.
Due to the order you sent back in Bianjing to strictly guard the borders of the occupied territories, Commander Ding no longer ordered the troops to continue the pursuit, and built fortifications along the borders of Woye County and Nanli County with the remaining territories. "
After hearing this, Zhao Jun asked: "What was the reaction from Shendu?"
At this time, Li Yi showed a strange expression but seemed to want to laugh: "At first, after we surrounded and suppressed the 300,000-strong army, their remnants began to flee all the way, and later led to the territories adjacent to Woye County and Nanli County. Escapes also began to occur, and suddenly hundreds of miles of no-man's land appeared along the border.
Later, they may have seen that the expeditionary force had no intention of continuing the attack, so the people gradually came back. I don’t know what they were thinking. Maybe they thought they could still defeat us. They were actually right next to our border. Defense fortifications began to be built.
There are even occasional provocations.
It's just because of the military order that our soldiers ignored them unless the other party went too far.
But just half a month ago, the other side actually sent 500 people to raid a garrison point on our border. The garrison point was just changing defenses, and the number of people in the point was twice the usual number of more than 1,000. , directly killed all the five hundred people who invaded.
Maybe he felt that Shendu Fang looked down on them so much that only 500 people dared to attack their garrison with 500 troops.
So the two battalion commanders who were changing defenses put together a report directly to the superiors, and that night they rushed across the border and removed ten garrison points on the Shendu side!
After returning to camp at dawn, they counted and found that at least 5,000 Poison soldiers had been beheaded by them overnight, and their only casualty was a soldier who accidentally crooked his foot while running too fast and was carried back.
Then this group of poisonous soldiers who had been active in the past became more obedient, and until now they have not behaved similarly to the previous provocations. "
As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the Wenshi Hall.
Zhao Jun couldn't help but shook his head and laughed: "These poisonous people are just in debt. They have to be beaten to know how to be honest."
Later, Li Yi made a detailed report to Zhao Jun on the development of Yunzhou County, Nanli County, and Woye County, allowing Zhao Jun to have a detailed understanding of the specific situation of each county. So that you can make adjustments to your next arrangements.
But there was one thing in this report that attracted Zhao Jun's great attention, and that was the movements of the Tatars.
After repelling the first attack by the Tatars, Yunzhou County originally thought that it would usher in a second wave of fierce attacks by the Tatars.
But the news that followed was that the Tatars were having sex with the Yuezhi to the north!
However, according to the latest report from the spies sent by Yunzhou County, the war between the two sides may be over soon.
Originally, based on the relationship between the two sides, this battle would have lasted at least three to five years, but unexpectedly the Huns intervened midway.
The two sides had just been fighting for about a year when the Huns came to mediate.
At first, neither party was convinced, and they even got red-eyed and wanted to fight with the Huns.
at last……
In the end, both sides were beaten by the Huns!
The Xiongnu pulled out an army of 300,000 people, and beat both sides with one against two at the junction of the three parties!
Only then did both parties become honest.
And it was in this battle that the Huns actually revealed that they already had a cavalry of nearly 100,000 men in half armor!
This is enough iron for 100,000 people to carry armor. Where did the Huns get it?
If it weren't for these 100,000 half-armored cavalry, although the Huns were stronger than the Yuezhi and the Tatars in the past, they were not strong enough to fight one against two.
This attracted the attention of many parties, whether it was Yunzhou County who got the news, the angry Tatars, or the Eagle Eye Station of Da Yueshi, they all started investigating with all their strength.
There are spies from all over the grassland, looking for relevant information everywhere.
Occasionally, the two parties would even meet and fight together.
Under such circumstances, no secrets could be kept from the three parties, and soon all the intelligence clues pointed to one place.
The northwest border of the Song Dynasty!
All this iron actually came from the Song Dynasty!
When they got this news, God knows what kind of question marks popped up on the foreheads of the three parties?
Even if they were beaten to death, they would never have imagined that these irons actually came from the Song Dynasty!
The Xiongnu invaded and plundered the Song Dynasty every year. As a result, the Song Dynasty not only did not limit the output of iron weapons, but also allowed the Huns to equip a half-armored army of 100,000 people!
There must be something wrong with this Da Song!
Originally, they could not defeat the Huns in a field battle. By increasing the strength of the Huns in this way, wouldn't they become even more unable to defeat them?
What's in it for them?
This is completely a behavior that harms others but does not benefit oneself!
Originally, everyone was doing well on the grassland. Although you, the Huns, are strong, you can't beat us. The remaining two parties joined forces, and everyone formed a stable and balanced structure, living happily together on the grassland.
Occasionally when I feel unhappy, I take turns to go to Da Song to grab some. Isn’t this life uncomfortable?
Even because of the balance on the grassland, everyone restrains each other, which means that no one can invade the Song Dynasty with all their strength. You, the Song Dynasty, can stay well, and you will only be robbed a few times a year at most.
But now it's great, you directly strengthened the strongest one and directly broke the balance.
The remaining two together are no match for each other, what a joke!
If the Huns become ambitious and want to annex the two of them, who can stop them?
Once they annex the two of them, the Xiongnu will no longer have any constraints and can go south with all their strength. Then won't the Song Dynasty be the same as Barbie Q?
Isn't this bastard thing of yours just a trick? What good can you do!
The spies from the three parties could not figure out what Da Song was thinking no matter how hard they died.
Later, after careful investigation, I found out, my dear, this was actually the private work of some generals of the Song Dynasty, just to make money. Otherwise, with the size of the Song Dynasty, the Xiongnu could only equip a half-armored army. That's all.
Good guy, the information from Anger Department and Eagle Eye Station ends here at most.
However, due to the continued local advantage, Yunzhou County continued to investigate through secret guards, and finally discovered that this batch of iron materials was actually sold by the forces of Taiwei Ding Nie, and those generals were also Ding Nie. The power of the family.
The Ding family actually got all the iron from the fourth prince, and going back further, the iron actually flowed out of Yunzhou County.
Hearing this, Zhao Jun's entire face turned as black as the bottom of a pot!
He really didn't expect that his fourth brother and the Ding family would be so courageous. Are they all brainless?
How dare you sell iron to the Huns? You really risk your life just to make money!
After working on it for a long time, the Xiongnu iron leaked out from their own side!
It also indirectly led to the truce between the Yuezhi and the Tatars.
As soon as the Tatars and Da Yueshi ceased fighting, wouldn't the Tatars be able to free up their hands?
As soon as he freed up his hands, Yunzhou County, which had been able to live a stable life for a few years, was back in danger.
Isn’t this a lie?
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(End of chapter)
